Editor,—Two reviews of measles, mumps, and rubella (MMR) vaccine and egg allergy have recently been published. One appears in the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health's own journal (Archives of Diseases in Childhood),1 the other has been endorsed by the Committee on Infection and Immunisation of the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health.2 The two articles differ in their recommendations of which children should be given MMR under supervision in hospital. Which of these expert opinions should paediatricians and general practitioners follow? Were the authors of the two articles aware of each others' conclusions? Could the editorial boards of the two journals (which have members common to both) not have informed the authors?

These recommendations also differ from Department of Health advice,3 which also differs from that …